Item Detail
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26364
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5
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English
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Hong Xiuquan and Joseph Smith Jr. : Prophets, Kings, and Land Reformers
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John Whitmer Historical Association Journal
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2015
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35
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Independence, MO
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John whitmer Historical Association
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149-162
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The article focuses on the parallels between Joseph Smith Jr., founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement and Chinese prophet and rebel Hong Xiuquan. Topics discussed include the parallels between the first visions of Smith and Hong, Hong receiving authority directly from God in 1837 and Smith receiving authority from an angel in 1829 and the apocalyptic view of Hong.